ArteSana Foundation fosters partnerships that support the arts, create alternative livelihoods, improve infrastructure, and develop organic farming in order tomaintain a healthy ecosystem and equitable social and economic spheres in the Peñas Blancas community. We run an artisan workshop and educational space in Nicaragua, offering art classes to youth and workshops to adults. Our vision is to to build capacity for creative thinking, problem solving, and technical skills as tools for adapting to a changing climate and realizing human potential. Currently we support a women's group, art classes, a music group and a local board of directors that organizes and coordinates community development projects. ArteSana Foundation, founded in 2014, currently operates in Peñas Blancas, Nicaragua.